The Newtonian moment : Isaac Newton and the making of modern culture / Mordechai Feingold.
The Newtonian moment : Isaac Newton and the making of modern culture / Mordechai Feingold.
The Newtonian moment : Isaac Newton and the making of modern culture / Mordechai Feingold.
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New York : New York Public Library ; Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2004.
Date
2004.
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NQ530.092/1
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English
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xv, 218 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports. ; 26 cm.
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New York : New York Public Library ; Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2004.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2004.
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"The Newtonian Moment investigates the effect of Newton's theories and discoveries, not only on the trajectory of science, but on the very shape of modern culture and thought. Beginning with a fresh view of Newton's intellectual development, Mordechai Feingold explores the manner in which Newton's spectacular success in revolutionizing the natural...
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The Newtonian moment : Isaac Newton and the making of modern culture / Mordechai Feingold.
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"Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Newtonian moment: science and the making of modern culture presented at the New York Public Library, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, D. Samuel and Jeane H. Gottesman Exhibition Hall, October 8, 2004-February 5, 2005"--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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NQ530.092/1
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74VKpQJgzA43
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0195177355 (clothr)
9780195177343 (pbk)
0195177347 (pbk)
9780195177350 (clothr)
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530.092
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991019406229702626
